TWO FACES OF OPERA: Premieres of New Serbian Operas: Hasanaginica by Rastislav Kambaskovic and Mandragola by Ivan Jevtic

Two composers of different generations, stylistic and authorial poetics, Rastislav Kambaskovic and Ivan Jevtic attended the premiere performances of their operas in the same month of the year. Until now, neither of them has dealt with the opera genre: both operas are firstlings in their respective opuses, but the works differ in genre, style, type and character. Hasanaginica is a large-scale opera for a big apparatus, a psychological music drama written for eight soloists, a mixed choir and large orchestra. Mandragola is a comic opera without a choir, written for seven soloists. The former was performed on the stage of the National Theatre, the latter on the stage of the private theatre, the Madlenianum. It is interesting that both were commissioned: one by the national house and its institutions, and the other by a single person, Madlena Zepter, the owner of the Madlenianum Opera and Theatre. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]